Special hobby /Tamiya 1/72 bf109 e side by side build

[HAWKERHUNTER]

but I made the slightest movement with my foot and heard a crunch! The opening canopy section for the Tamiya 109 was now in two pieces! Bugger!

Sadly it's always the case Tony, did exactly the same thing with a Harrier pre painted conopy years ago. Just like when you drop a piece of bread and butter on the floor, sods law it will always land butter side down. Great build thread, the planes look good and the comparison is very interesting.

[flyjoe180]

They're coming along nicely Tony. Been there with the tiny bits. Good that you had some spare canopies ?

[Steven000]

Nice progress Tony, good thinking about matching the yellow with a decal. Have some broken canopies as well lol... have fun ?

[stillp]

Again? I think you should do your modelling barefoot!
Pete

[yak face]

Yellow now masked up and underside colour on. The slovakian option is Rlm 76 lichtblau and the romanian one Rlm 65 hellblau .

[Jim R]

They both look to be going together very nicely and neat start to the painting. Hope you found all the dropped little pieces.

[colin m]

What a great comparison. Now tell me, did you try matching opposite fuselages to see if they were the same ?

[yak face]

What a great comparison. Now tell me, did you try matching opposite fuselages to see if they were the same ?

No I never thought of that colin , would have been an interesting experiment .

[yak face]

Slowly these are moving on . They have both been painted and are now drying after a couple of coats
of johnsons Klear . The slovakian machine features a very heavy mottle on the fuselage sides which was tricky to do without overdoing it . Theyre both ready for decals and further fettling now .

[PaulTRose]

Looking good
mottle done by air brush?

[flyjoe180]

They look great Tony, excellent work on the mottle. Not exactly the biggest aircraft type to work on in 1/72

[yak face]

Looking good
mottle done by air brush?

Airbrush paul , theres actually two different colours used in the mottle ( RLM74, RLM75 ) but theyre so similar you cant really tell !

[colin m]

I wonder if the German riggers were allowed to do their mottle freehand. Probably not, that wouldn't be the German way would it ?

[yak face]

I wonder if the German riggers were allowed to do their mottle freehand. Probably not, that wouldn't be the German way would it ?

I imagine they would have colin , it would be very hard to define a set pattern , this one however was probably mottled by the slovaks after delivery , ive never seen a german 109 with as heavy a mottle and all the way down the fuselage too .

[yak face]

Latest progress - a little bit of touching up was needed on the engine and guns of the special hobby kit , both kits were then glossed and subsequently decalled . They've both now had a couple of light coats of matt and ive started to add the final pieces starting with the undercarriage . Lots of tiny bits to go on still , such as the wing guns, mass balances , aerials and pitots .